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Good fishing in the Annan commences about 

 AVamphray, nearly five miles below Moffat. The 

 streams here become broader, deeper, and abound 

 more with, places of shelter for good trout and salmon. 

 There is a succession of fine streams and stretches of 

 still water from this village to the neighbourhood of 

 Lockerby. This small town is a good station for a day 

 or two's sport. It has a good inn, at moderate prices : 

 and the river is about a mile and-a-half from it. The 

 scenery in the vicinity is very prepossessing, though 

 flat, and rather of a swampy character. The trout 

 of the Annan are above the average size, and of good 

 quality. Some, indeed, have been caught of very 

 great weight, chiefly by means of the minnow. 



Before the river reaches Lockerby, it receives the 

 waters of several tributaries, such as the Wamphray, 

 the Drife, and the Kinnel, in all of which there is 

 good trout fishing at particular seasons of the year, 

 chiefly, however, with worm. In the vicinity of the 

 Kinnel, lie the Lochmaben lochs, which are much 

 frequented by anglers. They are nine in number, 

 and the longest one, called Castle Loch, contains 

 fifteen distinct species of fish that may be angled for. 

 There are trout in all these still waters of twelve 

 and fourteen pounds weight, and a good number 

 which run from two to five pounds. There is a 

 club of Dumfries anglers who fish for the vendace, in 

 Castle Loch, yearly, and prizes are awarded to the 

 most successful competitors. Large and somewhat 

 gaudy flies are used ; and trolling with a small trout 

 is a very deadly bait, on particular occasions, when 



